According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them out to ask for 1. when in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at 2. and other celebrations. They are made of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanterns are lit, they slowly 3. into the air like small hot-air balloons for all to see. They are seen as bright symbols of happiness and good wishes.

Paper cutting has been around for over 1,500 years. Paper cutting sounds very easy but it can be 4. to do. The paper, 5. red, is folded before it is cut with scissors. The most common pictures are flowers, animals, and things about Chinese history. During the Spring Festival, they are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good 6. and a happy new year.

Chinese clay art is famous 7. the clay pieces are so small but they look very real. The pieces are usually cute children or 8. characters from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story. The pieces are carefully shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry. After 9., they are fried at a very high heat. They are then polished and painted. It takes 10.weeks to complete everything. These small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinese people have for life and beauty.

1.help 2.festivals 3.rise 4.difficult 5.usually 6.luck 7.because 8.lively 9.drying 10.several 【解析】文章介紹了中國(guó)的幾個(gè)古老的藝術(shù)——孔明燈，剪紙和泥塑。 1.句意：當(dāng)有困難時(shí)，他把它們發(fā)送到空中尋求幫助。根據(jù)when in troubl...

Tyler opened the door to his house and went inside. His mother was in the kitchen. She felt surprised when she saw his sad face. “Tyler, what happened? Is everything okay?” “Nothing is okay, Mom.” “Is there anything I can do to help?” “That’s just the thing, Mom. We can’t help. There’s nothing we can do.” Tyler kept talking,“Today, the teacher talked about Earth Day and the environment. Earth Day is a day when every person promises to do something to help take care of our world. Mrs. Green said that our world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help and I thought all the way home and there is nothing I can do. I can’t stop people from polluting our air and water and I can’t save all of the animals. There is not anything that I can do to make a difference.”

His mother listened and after thinking for a minute said,“Of course you can. There are lots of things you can do. For example, you can walk to school. You can use both sides of your paper to save trees. You can plant a tree every year. You can clean up rubbish from your neighborhood park. Everything you do to help the planet makes a difference. The most important thing to remember is that Earth Day should be every day!” “Oh, I see. Mom, we each can make a difference to the world. Thank you, Mom.”

How Tyler felt at first	1..
What Earth Day is	It’s a day when every person promises to do something to help 2. our world.
What Mrs. Green asked the students to do	To 3. something they could do to help the earth.
Tyler’s mother’s advice	Walk to school. Use 4. paper Plant a tree every year. 5. from the neighborhood park.

1.sad 2.take care of 3.think of 4.both sides of 5.clean up rubbish 【解析】文章講述了Tyler回家后不高興，他告訴媽媽他對(duì)保護(hù)地球和環(huán)境沒(méi)有任何辦法，感到很難過(guò)，但是媽媽告訴他，他可以做很多事情來(lái)保護(hù)環(huán)境，可以走著去上學(xué)，用紙的兩面等。 1.根據(jù)She felt surprised when s...

（題文）假如你是李華，作為交換生你去年在美國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)了一學(xué)期。在美期間，你住在Tom家，在這一學(xué)期里，你和他及他的家人結(jié)下了深厚的友誼。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下面的提示寫(xiě)一篇日記。

1. 介紹Tom：為人友好，樂(lè)于助人，你們相處很融洽；

2. 他在英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)方面給你的幫助；你了解了美國(guó)的文化；

3. 他的父母悉心照顧你的生活，給你做中國(guó)菜;

4. ……（自由發(fā)揮，至少談及兩項(xiàng)內(nèi)容）；

5. 希望他和他的家人能來(lái)中國(guó)。

注意：

1．詞數(shù)80左右；

2．合理增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

Friday May 27th, 2018 Sunny

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Friday May 27th, 2018 Sunny I’m feeling a little unhappy while I am writing this because I am going to return to China. I lived in Tom’s home in America when I studied in America. Though we had onl...

—My uncle is in Beijing now. He lives in the countryside _______ works in the city

during the week.

--Oh, he must be tired.

A. or B. and C. but D. so

C 【解析】句意：——我叔叔現(xiàn)在在北京，他住在農(nóng)村，但是在工作日他在城市上班�！�—他一定很累。A. or 或者； B. and 和； C. but 但是； D. so因此；根據(jù)He lives in the countryside 和 works in the city during the week.可知兩句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系；故選C

Many people in China _______ the TV program A bite of China since its third

episode(第三季) on February 19, 2018.

A. praise B. praised C. have praised D. are praising

C 【解析】句意：自從2018年2月19號(hào)，舌尖上的中國(guó)第三季播出，許多中國(guó)人贊揚(yáng)了它。根據(jù)since its third episode(第三季) on February 19, 2018.可知用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)態(tài)，結(jié)構(gòu)是have/has+過(guò)去分詞；故選C

—It’s hard to make a _______ sometimes.

--I can’t agree more. Because we often have more than one choice.

A. promise B. mistake C. speech D. decision

D 【解析】句意：——有時(shí)做決定很難。——我不太同意，因?yàn)槲覀兘?jīng)常有更多的選擇。A. promise承諾； B. mistake 錯(cuò)誤； C. speech演講； D. decision決定；根據(jù)Because we often have more than one choice可知是做決定；故選D

—Alice, are these your crayons?

--Oh, no. They’re not ___________.

A. I B. me C. my D. mine

D 【解析】句意：-Alice，這些是你的鉛筆嗎？-哦，不是，他們不是我的。I我，人稱(chēng)代詞主格形式；me我，人稱(chēng)代詞賓格形式；my我的，形容詞性物主代詞，修飾名詞；mine我的，名詞性物主代詞，代替名詞，在句中做主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)或者表語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意可知，這里的mine代指的是my pencils。故選D。

（2017·廣東·37）Johnson won't answer the phone if he ________ the number.

A. knew B. doesn't know C. will know D. didn't know

B 【解析】句意：如果約翰遜不知道電話(huà)號(hào)碼，他就不接電話(huà)�？疾閯�(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。本句是if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語(yǔ)從句，當(dāng)主句是將來(lái)時(shí)態(tài)時(shí)，從句用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，可排除C、D兩項(xiàng)。根據(jù)句意，本句是否定陳述，故選B。

—Did Tom’s parents go to the meeting yesterday?

--Yes, _______ of them did, but ________ spoke.

A. each; none B. both; none C. neither; both D. both; neither

D 【解析】試題分析：句意：---湯姆的父母昨天去開(kāi)會(huì)了嗎？---是的，他們兩個(gè)都去了，但是他們兩個(gè)都沒(méi)有發(fā)言。Each表示兩者或兩者的每一個(gè)；none表示三者或三者都不；both表示兩者都；neither表示兩者都不。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

—The film Operation Red Sea _______ in Huangshi last week and won high praise.

--Exactly. I have seen it twice.

A. was shown B. will show C. is shown D. has shown

A 【解析】句意：——電影Operation Red Sea上周在黃石演了，贏得了很高的贊譽(yù)�！�—確實(shí)，我看了它兩次。根據(jù)主語(yǔ)Operation Red Sea和show是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，可知用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，排除B/D；根據(jù)last week可知用過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)；故選A